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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”

Adele Faber

From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABER

Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABER

Best Children Fiercely First Struggle

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